Perception-based thinking - Revision history

Woozle: removed surplus word; cross-link to new Issuepedia article

2015-01-27T19:32:28Z

removed surplus word; cross-link to new Issuepedia article

Woozle: screencap of example

2015-01-21T23:11:23Z

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Woozle: another nugget; problem

2015-01-11T17:49:52Z

another nugget; problem

Woozle: self-ref fixed

2015-01-11T17:11:13Z

self-ref fixed

Woozle: Woozle moved page Perception-oriented thinking to Perception-based thinking: I keep wanting to use "based" instead of "oriented"

2015-01-11T17:10:37Z

Woozle moved page Perception-oriented thinking to Perception-based thinking: I keep wanting to use "based" instead of "oriented"

Woozle: basic description

2015-01-02T22:32:13Z

basic description

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[[Perception-oriented thinking]] is the belief that how people ''perceive'' reality is more important than ''reality itself'' -- that real power consists of being able to affect what people think reality is, rather than being to effect changes in the real world.

There is some truth to this in that it is often possible to make people do what you want, even when it is against their own interests, by [[control of knowledge is control of action|controlling what they believe]].

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 [[Perception-based thinking]] is the belief that how people ''perceive'' reality is more important than ''reality itself'', or even ''is'' reality.
 ==Nugget==
-The reality behind this apparently absurd, ''[[issuepedia:Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]''-ish statement seems to be that vast power lies in the ability to affect what people think reality is, and that this is more important than the ability to effect changes in the real world (since if [[control of knowledge is control of action]] &ndash; and you can therefore get them to do ''for you'' whatever you want).
+The reality behind this apparently absurd, ''[[issuepedia:Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]''-ish statement seems to be that vast power lies in the ability to affect what people think reality is, and that this is more important than the ability to effect changes in the real world (since [[control of knowledge is control of action]] &ndash; and you can therefore get them to do ''for you'' whatever you want).
 ==Problem==
 As a philosophy of governance, however, it runs into the problem that objective reality will proceed regardless of what the public ''believes'' it will do. If a policy reliably leads to poverty and economic instability, for example, it will do so regardless of whether the public can be led to ''perceive'' that everything is okay.

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-[[Perception-based thinking]] is the belief that how people ''perceive'' reality is more important than ''reality itself'' -- that real power consists of being able to affect what people think reality is, rather than being to effect changes in the real world.
+[[File:Screenshot - 01212015 - 17-52-39 - perception is reality.png|thumb|525px|Liberals don't understand that perception is reality, so they're "losers". Note that ten people apparently agreed with this comment, although twenty-six agreed with the previous comment which basically opposed it. #irony]]
 ==Nugget==
-There is some truth to this in that:
+The reality behind this apparently absurd, ''[[issuepedia:Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]''-ish statement seems to be that vast power lies in the ability to affect what people think reality is, and that this is more important than the ability to effect changes in the real world (since if [[control of knowledge is control of action]] &ndash; and you can therefore get them to do ''for you'' whatever you want).
 ==Problem==
-As a philosophy of governance, however, it runs into the problem that objective reality will proceed regardless of what the public ''believes'' it will do. If a policy reliably leads to poverty and economic instability, for example, it will do so regardless of whether the public can be convinced that they are wealthy or that the economy is doing well.
+As a philosophy of governance, however, it runs into the problem that objective reality will proceed regardless of what the public ''believes'' it will do. If a policy reliably leads to poverty and economic instability, for example, it will do so regardless of whether the public can be led to ''perceive'' that everything is okay.

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 [[Perception-based thinking]] is the belief that how people ''perceive'' reality is more important than ''reality itself'' -- that real power consists of being able to affect what people think reality is, rather than being to effect changes in the real world.
+==Nugget==
-There is some truth to this in that it is often possible to make people do what you want, even when it is against their own interests, by [[control of knowledge is control of action|controlling what they believe]].
+There is some truth to this in that:

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